[MeekOneGOP]

Please note that Mike Spann was CIA, not military. . .

[newsperson999]

Prayers..
AFGHAN WAR NEWS WIRES

[Dog]

No more ....giving the Taliban or Al-Queada any more time to surrender.....

Sad news...

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

I guess some will need reminding that Mike Spann was CIA. (*Mike now has two orphaned children, as his "first" wife died from cancer yesterday,.. his parents will be raising his 2 children from that marraige.. just more sadness for Mike Spann's family.. :o(

It is worthy to note this is the first "Hostile" fire that has killed one of our own. The other military killed was from "friendly" fire.

Again.. God Bless him.

[kattracks]

US Serviceman Killed in Gun Battle

WASHINGTON, Jan 04, 2002 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- A U.S. military member was killed by hostile fire in eastern Afghanistan Friday, a senior U.S. official said.

The military member, whose service branch was not immediately known, was the first member of the American military killed in action in Afghanistan since the U.S. campaign began Oct. 7. A CIA operative was killed in a prison uprising in November.

The U.S. fighter was killed in a gun battle in the vicinity of Khost, near the Pakistan border, the official said. The official discussed the matter on condition of anonymity.

An undetermined number of other U.S. troops were injured in the battle, the official said.

Other details were not immediately available.

Maj. Brad Lowell, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, said he could not comment.

Copyright 2002 Associated Press, All rights reserved